Mr Bingo / Down Under [TUESDAY – 25.10.2016]

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It’s little surprise that, as someone who once described himself as having the “same haircut as his Mum”, “girly arms” and a “slightly smaller than average head”, Mr Bingo’s illustrations are oddly humorous.

Described as ‘the Master of pens’, ‘the Justin Bieber of drawing’, ‘he f***s about for living’, Mr Bingo would likely agree: “my whole career is actually based on bad behavior”, he raps.

Mr Bingo has become well known for his ‘Hate Mail’ project: the mailing of offensive postcards to strangers. At their request. What started out as a ‘drunk idea’ went on to be exhibited in galleries and gained notoriety across the global press.

In 2015, he launched a rap video led Kickstarter which went on to become the most successful UK crowdfunded publishing project ever.

Now, a (self proclaimed) ‘Artist’ who recently decided to ditch all clients in favour of working on personal projects, Mr Bingo has enjoyed a remarkable rise to fame as a freelance illustrator; with an impressive A-list of clients including The New Yorker, Oxfam, Microsoft, Nike, the BBC, Volkswagen, The Tate Gallery, The Mighty Boosh, The Guardian amongst many.